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You have made the right decision to learn PHP! Just like I made such decision 6 years ago. However, there are many web programming languages such as Python, Ruby on Rails, and many more but do you believe that PHP powers almost 76℅ of websites on internet? Yes, PHP powers the majority of the websites on the internet. So, there is higher opportunity if you are a PHP programmer. You wish to make your primary programming language to be PHP and that is why you are willing learn. Truth be told, becoming a programmer is not easy as there are many times you will study overnight as we continue with this tutorial class.

For us to start using PHP, you will need to install PHP, Apache and MySQL on your local server(PC). For online server, many of the web hosting has PHP, Apache, and MYSQL installed. So, you may not need to install them again on online server. I will be using localhost I.e the offline server on our PC. Kindly open your PC and be prepared to setup PHP environment.
You may ask, why do we need APACHE? Well, Apache is like a middle man between the server and your browser!

How does Apache works
Although we call Apache a web server, it is not a physical server, but rather a software that runs on a server. Its job is to establish a connection between a server and the browsers of website visitors (Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.) while delivering files back and forth between them (client-server structure). Apache is a cross-platform software, therefore it works on both Unix and Windows servers.

When a visitor wants to load a page on your website, for instance, the homepage or your “About Us” page, their browser sends a request to your server, and Apache returns a response with all the requested files (text, images, etc.). The server and the client communicate through the HTTP protocol, and the Apache software is responsible for the smooth and secure communication between the two machines.

Apache is not only the well-known webserver and others include Nginx, Apache tomcat, e.t.c.

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For us to start using PHP, you will need to install PHP, Apache and MySQL on your local server(PC). For online server, many of the web hosting has PHP, Apache, and MYSQL installed. So, you may not need to install them again on online server. I will be using localhost I.e the offline server on our PC. Kindly open your PC and be prepared to setup PHP environment.
You may ask, why do we need APACHE? Well, Apache is like a middle man between the server and your browser!

How does Apache works
Although we call Apache a web server, it is not a physical server, but rather a software that runs on a server. Its job is to establish a connection between a server and the browsers of website visitors (Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.) while delivering files back and forth between them (client-server structure). Apache is a cross-platform software, therefore it works on both Unix and Windows servers.

When a visitor wants to load a page on your website, for instance, the homepage or your “About Us” page, their browser sends a request to your server, and Apache returns a response with all the requested files (text, images, etc.). The server and the client communicate through the HTTP protocol, and the Apache software is responsible for the smooth and secure communication between the two machines.

Apache is not only the well-known webserver and others include Nginx, Apache tomcat, e.t.c.

following oya help list the app I need to install first. Thanks. U can create a WhatsApp group as well. Cheers

As I have said earlier, we need PHP installed, webserver and MYSQL for us to build a working website right from our local server (Computer). Choosing the right web server is simple as it is dependent on what you need. Apache is the most popular server software while apache uses the thread-based structure which means owners of traffic-heavy websites may encounter performance problems when 10,000 users are sending request to the server at the same time. Apache webserver won't be able to handle more than 10,000 requests at the same time which is called c10k problem. However, Nginx is one of the web servers that address the c10k problem and probably the most successful one. If you see a web hosting offering you Apache as a web server you should know the weak point, don't misquote me I am not saying Apache is bad. In fact, it is very reliable and easy to operate but the c10k problem makes many webmaster to switch over to Nginx or any other webserver.

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following oya help list the app I need to install first. Thanks. U can create a WhatsApp group as well. Cheers

We need to install the following:
1. PHP
2. APACHE
3. MYSQL
Do you know that instead of installing all these softwares differently we can simply install just one which will run all what you need to get your website running. XAMPP is the cross platform application that we need to install. Well, we have alternative softwares such as XAMPP and WAMPP but I strongly recommend XAMPP especially for beginners.
The acronym XAMPP stands for:

X – [cross platform operating systems] meaning it can run on any OS Mac OX , Windows , Linux etc.
A – Apache - this is the web server software.
M – MySQL - Database.
P – PHP
P – Perl – scripting language

Visit this http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
Download the XAMPP setup from their website
Run the setup and you will see the picture below:

You must be able to know the pathway that you save your Xampp folder. On my own PC, I have it installed on my local drive (C:\) after you have installed the Xampp kindly navigate to where you have your Xampp folder on your local drive, enter into the folder and hover to the three major folders that we need. as shown below;

htdocs: This is the web root directory. All of our PHP codes will be placed in this directory.

MYSQL: This directory contains all the information related to MySQL database engine, by default it runs on port 3306.

PHP: This directory contains PHP installation files. It contains an important file named php.ini. This directory is used to configure how PHP behaves on your server.

Following and I have downloaded the XAMP

Whenever we want to run our PHP on our browser such as chrome or Firefox, we would have to open the Xampp control panel and start the Apache, and MYSQL as shown below:

Although you may want to perform some tweak like changing your PHP version and other things you can easily do that on your php.ini file inside PHP folder in your Xampp folder. But never mind to touch anything inside any folder as we would only focus on the htdocs folder for now. The htdocs folder is where we will have our PHP script install it is like public_html folder on your online server

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Following and I have downloaded the XAMP

Nice! Have you install it?

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Amen...thanks for your encouragement and prayer. May thy Lord bless you!

Now I believe we have our PHP, Apache, MYSQL installed on our local machine through Xampp...we are not far away from writing our PHP code but before that we need to install PHP IDE on our PC! What is an IDE? An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software suite that consolidates basic tools required to write and test software.
Developers use numerous tools throughout software code creation, building and testing. Development tools often include text editors, code libraries, compilers and test platforms. Without an IDE, a developer must select, deploy, integrate and manage all of these tools separately. It is optional to choose either to use IDE or install it separately. Example of PHP IDE is the Netbeans. But the truth is that configuration of Netbeans may not be easy for beginners. Instead, I will only recommend to just install code editor since we have PHP environment (Our Xampp). So, we are installing Sublime Text 3 on our PC as we will be needing it to write our PHP code.

Visit: https://www.sublimetext.com/3

chinavs9ja:

We need to install the following:
1. PHP
2. APACHE
3. MYSQL
Do you know that instead of installing all these softwares differently we can simply install just one which will run all what you need to get your website running. XAMPP is the cross platform application that we need to install. Well, we have alternative softwares such as XAMPP and WAMPP but I strongly recommend XAMPP especially for beginners.
The acronym XAMPP stands for:

X – [cross platform operating systems] meaning it can run on any OS Mac OX , Windows , Linux etc.
A – Apache - this is the web server software.
M – MySQL - Database.
P – PHP
P – Perl – scripting language

Visit this http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
Download the XAMPP setup from their website
Run the setup and you will see the picture below:

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After downloading Sublime Text 3, you will need to Install it by following the following steps:

Step 1 − Now, run the executable file. This defines the environment variables. When you run the executable file. Click Next.

Step 2− Now, choose a destination location to install Sublime Text3 and click Next.

Step 3 − Verify the destination folder and click Install.

Step 4 − Now, click Finish to complete the installation.

Step 5 − Upon a successful installation, your editor will be ready for use.

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Yet to install my app. But will surely install. It. Wen nepa bring the light soon. My gen been faulty. Thanks o. P. For this opportunity given to us for free. God will continue to bless u.

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Yet to install my app. But will surely install. It. Wen nepa bring the light soon. My gen been faulty. Thanks o. P. For this opportunity given to us for free. God will continue to bless u.

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